Sweet Potatoes Production Data Across Africa

Malawi is the largest producer of Sweet Potatoes in this dataset, at 7,980.5 thousand tonnes in the most recent year on record, across 15 producing countries tracked.

CountryLatest Production (K tonnes)
Malawi7,980.5
Nigeria4,091.2
Tanzania2,227.5
Angola2,123.5
Rwanda1,398.3
Madagascar1,298.1
Ethiopia1,185.1
Uganda1,026.8
Burundi944.2
Kenya862.7
Cameroon633.1
DR Congo626
Mali614.1
Mozambique502.4
Egypt443.5

Source: FAOSTAT and World Bank, via Afrixplorer. Last updated 2026-09-15.